We started Sunday in a French bakery for breakfast. I’ve been drinking instant coffee on the boat. My way of reducing the clutter on the galley counter as JB needs 7 items to make his coffee with his French press! That being said, when I drank my first sip of coffee in this shop, I couldn’t help making noises that sounded like . . . Well, you know! So this sweet boy came running over to see what the noise was about! We all had a good laugh!
Here’s a photo of the live oak that is called the Senator. It is over 600 years old. Which means it was there when Ponce De Leon landed in 1513.
The Fountain of Youth was the best tourist site we saw today. It is interesting how archaeology has discovered the location of the first settlement here in 1565 with recent technology from space. And the native Americans lived there for 1000 years prior to that Spanish arriving!
We had to drink from the Fountain of Youth! It isn’t bottled because it tastes nasty, like sulfur! But the settlement was made here because there was fresh water along the bay where they could go fishing and anchor.
This native American said he was a descendent of the original Village of Seloy. He tried to justify why they stole our pigs after they gave us corn. They didn’t see it as stealing. Pretty cool that they had this gentlemen, surrounded by artifacts, telling us what it was like in 1565.
From there we walked to the Old Jail. This building was originally made of brick and the prisoners escaped easily so they covered all the walls, inside and out, with a layer of concrete.
JB quickly made friends with the sheriff who was 6’6” tall.
Up to his old tricks, he had me arrested! Don’t I look miserable! This is an open air jail. All windows were covered with bars only. No heat, no A/C. Lots of mosquitoes, rats, flies, you name it!
Here is the Lightner Museum built in the 1880’s by Flagler. It houses three floors of 19th century art. The building and all of the scrubs and trees were covered in white lights for Christmas.
Saturday was the first time the lights in the city were lit this year. It was a big celebration with a band at this town square. The town was packed with locals! Sunday the tourists had the city to themselves. It was much nicer!
Last night we took a 30 minute trolley ride around town with 3-D glasses that made all the nights, even traffic lights and car lights look like snowflakes. We also had Christmas carols playing. Singing was optional. It was fun and certainly got me into the Christmas spirit. JB says it is too warm to be Christmas!
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